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City: Monterey, CA
Teaching & Professional Interests
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Books / Printing / Publishing Industry
- Distance Education in LIS
- Information Literacy and Instruction
- Information Needs / Behaviors of Specific Groups
- Information and Society / Culture
- Strategic Planning
- Marketing
Research Interests
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Books / Printing / Publishing Industry
- Distance Education in LIS
- Information Literacy and Instruction
- Information Needs / Behaviors of Specific Groups
- Information and Society / Culture
- Strategic Planning
- Marketing
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Laurie L. Putnam
Lecturer
Laurie Putnam has been managing writers, editors, publications, and publishing departments for the past two decades. When she's not teaching, Laurie runs a communications business in Monterey, California, where she leads the development of publications and communication programs for libraries, nonprofit organizations, and high-tech companies. Prior to forming her own business, Laurie was director of branding and marketing communications at Aspect Communications in San José.
Laurie has an MA in English from the University of Kent in Canterbury, England, and an MLIS from San José State University's School of Library and Information Science. Her own writing has appeared in a variety of newspapers, magazines, and journals, and many of her former students have successfully published their work in venues ranging from Library Journal to American Libraries.
Courses Taught
Education
- MLIS, San José State University
- MA (English), University of Kent, Canterbury, England
- BA (English), University of California, Santa Barbara
Academic & Professional Experience
- Principal, L. Putnam Communications, 2002-present
- Director of Branding and Marketing Communications Services, Aspect Communications, 1996-2002
- Manager of Writing and Editing Services, Tandem Computers, 1993-1996
- Senior Communications Specialist, Amdahl Corporation, 1988-1993
- Public Information Officer, American Red Cross, 1985-1986
Selected Publications (last five years only)
- Putnam, L. L. (2008, Feb. 4). Employment opportunity: President, United States of America. openDemocracy. Retrieved Feb. 24, 2008, from www.opendemocracy.net/article/democracy_power/american_world/next_president
- Carlson, R. G. & Putnam, L. L. (2006). Thinking ahead: ALA presenters consider the future of libraries. Interface, 28(4). Retrieved Nov. 27, 2006, from www.ala.org/ala/ascla/asclapubs/interface/archives/contentlistingby/volume28a/thinkingahead/future.htm
- Putnam, L. L. (2005, June). Strategies for success in publishing: a professional development workshop for academic librarians. Invited presentation, California State University, Fresno.
- Putnam, L. L. (2005, March-April). Making the world safe for questions: why libraries and librarians are needed now more than ever. Public Libraries 44(2), 86-87.
- Putnam, L. L. (2005, February). A quick walk along the path to professional publishing. California Academic and Research Libraries (CARL) regional conference, California State University, Hayward.
- Putnam, L. L. (2003). The internet preparedness toolkit: standards and resources for emergency services organizations. Monterey, CA: L. Putnam Communications.
- Putnam, L. L. (2003, May). Why a wired world still needs librarians. Commencement address, San José State University School of Library and Information Science, San José, California.
- Putnam, L. L. (2003, April). Internet preparedness: managing emergency services in the age of the internet. Proceedings of the Disaster Resistant California 2003 conference. Retrieved Jan 4, 2006, from http://www2.sjsu.edu/cdm/drc03-proceedings/main.html
- Putnam, L. L. (2002, Nov). By choice or by chance: how the internet is used to prepare for, manage, and share information about emergencies. First Monday, 7(11). Retrieved Jan 04, 2006, from http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue7_11/putnam/index.html
- Putnam, L. L. (2001, March-April). Distance teamwork: the realities of collaborating with virtual colleagues. Online 25(2), 54-58.
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